In a perfect bee world, all honey crops are large, colonies never swarm, bees are always gentle, and observation hives are always healthy and pretty. In reality, I got no honey crop at all this past season; between constant rain showers this past spring, my colonies swarmed constantly; I was stung on the ear just yesterday; and my observation hive is not even stocked but is presently in storage - completely beeless. There is a lot to be said for the ideal world.
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